Bus driver takes special detour so passenger can see her mum at care home Updated: 12 Dec 2020, 13:43 Invalid Date, A BUS driver has taken a special detour to allow a passenger to see her mum at a care home. Alex Bailey, 57, has been praised for his gesture after he took the 11B bus off route to make sure Jacqueline Mason could meet her mum. 6 6 Jacqueline Mason was able to meet her mum thanks to the driver s gestureCredit: Sky News The woman had booked a 30-minute visit at the Bradley Manor care home in Belfast - where her mum lives - at 3.30pm.
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As well as this, we’re beginning this vaccine Q&A series to help answer questions readers may have – either about a specific Covid-19 vaccine or how the programme will work in Ireland. If there’s something you want to know, tell us and we can put your queries to the experts. The vaccine taskforce delivered its strategy plan – covering logistics, workforce, communication and collection of data on the efficacy of the vaccine, amongst other areas – to government yesterday. The strategy will then be discussed by Cabinet on Tuesday next. A staff member receives the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at Bradley Manor residential care home in Belfast on Wednesday.
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Meet heroic Belfast bus driver who took a detour to get upset woman to care home visit with mum Alec Bailey told us: It was just a simple thing for me to do. I was so happy for Jacqueline and I hope her and her mum have a nice Christmas. Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice.
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BBC News Published media captionJacqueline Mason visiting her mother Eileen McGrugan in the care home A bus driver has said his detour to let a passenger visit her mother in a care home was just the right thing to do . Jacqueline Mason had accidentally got on the wrong bus on her way to the home and could have missed her visiting slot. Driver Alec Bailey said it hit his heart when Jacqueline broke down in tears at that prospect. He told his other passengers he would take a detour to get her as close to the home as possible. When the woman said to me she hadn t seen her mum in a long time, it just hit my heart, he said.
Minnesota refuses CDC request for names and addresses of vaccine recipients article Care home staff receive the Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine at Bradley Manor residential care home in Belfast. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images) ((Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images) / Getty Images) ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota is refusing a Trump administration request for names and addresses of coronavirus vaccine recipients, instead planning to send a more limited picture of who s getting vaccinated. Minnesota will send the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the dates of birth and county of residence data for vaccine recipients, while declining to give personally identifying information the CDC wants to build a federal registry. Health officials say providing personal information would violate the state s data practices laws.